PROPAGATION. Cuttings.
SPECIAL USES. Artificial light, dish gardens, indoor bonsai.
Sinningia pusilla Gesneriaceae
If ever a plant was a miniature, this is it. The tuber is hardly as large as a grain of wheat. The soft round leaves, not even a quarter-inch across, make a flat rosette on the soil in a thimble, or any tiny pot. From the crown arise the thread-thin stems, to the great height of one inch. And from the tip of each stem stands a slim flaring, tube-like flower, pale orchid with violet veins and lemon in the throat. This plant is quite obviously close kin to the familiar gloxinia (G. speciosa hybrids), but you almost need a magnifying glass to compare the characteristics.
CARE. Warm, humid, humusy soil, filtered sun, slightly moist.
PROPAGATION. As for the gesneriads (Gesneriaceae).
SPECIAL USES. Terrariums, miniature gardens.
Miniature of miniatures, delightful Sinningia pusilla
Streptocarpus Gesneriaceae